Table 3.

Examples of metal-encapsulated lipid nanoparticles

Photoresponsive material	Nanocomposition	Wavelength (nm)	Application	Endpoint	References
Gold nanoparticle	Soya lecithin:cholesterol:oleanolic acid = 50:6:5 (w/w)	808	PTT On-demand drug release	In vivo efficacy	Luo et al. (2016)
	DPPC:DSPE-mPEG2000 = 30:6 (w/w)	800	Chemo-PTT On-demand drug release	In vivo study	Li et al. (2018)
	Phospholipon 90G:Cholesterol = 7:0, 7:1, 7:2, 7:7, 7:14, and 7:28	690	On-demand drug release	In vitro study	Wiraja et al. (2016)
Iridium nanocrystals	DPPC:Cholesterol:DSPE-mPEG5000 = 6:4:0.5	785	PTT/RT	In vivo study	Feng et al. (2018)
Au–Pd bimetallic nanoflowers	Soya lecithin:Cholesterol:Betulinic acid = 50:6.2:5 (w/w)	808	PTT On-demand drug release	In vivo study	Liu et al. (2018)

DPPC 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-choline, DSPE-mPEG5000 1,2-distearoyl-ras-glycerol-3-phosphatidylethanolamine-N-polyethyleneglycol-5000, PTT photothermal therapy RT radiotherapy